Global Demand Planning Excellence Director

Global Demand Planning Excellence Director

City:
Slough

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics.

You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

The Global IBP Excellence Director is responsible for defining, governing, and continuously improving the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) framework across the enterprise. The role ensures a globally standardized IBP process that integrates commercial, supply chain, and financial planning to enable high‑quality, data‑driven decision making and delivery of business performance targets.

The position leads the global IBP capability agenda, driving process excellence, planning maturity, and adoption of digital planning technologies across regions. The role partners closely with senior leadership across Supply Chain, Finance, and Commercial functions to embed IBP as the core enterprise planning process.

Travelling:
Up to 15‑20% travel may be required

• Define and maintain the global IBP framework, standards, governance, and operating cadence
• Ensure consistent implementation of IBP processes across regions and markets
• Establish governance mechanisms to monitor IBP adoption, maturity, and performance
• Ensure alignment between demand, supply, financial, and strategic planning processes
• Drive integration of IBP into enterprise decision‑making forums
• Enable leadership teams to make fact‑based trade‑off decisions on demand, supply, inventory, and financial outcomes

Capability Development:

• Define and deploy the global IBP capability roadmap and maturity model
• Build IBP capabilities across regional and market planning organisations
• Establish global training, standards, and best practice sharing across the planning community

Planning Performance & Insights:

• Establish global performance management frameworks across planning KPIs including forecast accuracy, service, inventory, and bias
• Drive advanced analytics, scenario modelling, and insights generation to support decision‑making
• Ensure consistent reporting and performance transparency across regions

Planning Transformation & Digital Enablement:

• Lead the global deployment and evolution of planning tools and digital planning capabilities
• Partner with Digital, IT, and Data teams to drive adoption of advanced planning systems and analytics platforms
• Support the development of next‑generation planning capabilities including AI‑driven forecasting and scenario planning

Cross‑Functional Leadership:

• Partner with senior leaders across Supply Chain, Finance, and Commercial organisations to ensure IBP is embedded in business planning
• Facilitate enterprise‑level decision‑making on supply‑demand balancing and strategic trade‑offs
• Act as the global subject matter expert for IBP and enterprise planning excellence

People & Organisation Development:

• Build and lead a global IBP excellence organisation
• Develop planning capability pipelines and strengthen the planning talent ecosystem
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and analytical excellence